₦airaland Forum

Mancala:
You may have gotten those services for free (free to you), but I guarantee you that someone else was paying. The paying party was most likely the 200 million people of Nigeria who are paying the opportunity cost of providing free healthcare to a few elite. My point is that there is no free lunch. You are one out of 200 million. If it is really free, why isn't it opened up to benefit everyone? Healthcare in most of the civilized world is a right, not a secret benefit to be accessed by the privileged few.

Thank you.

MuchAdo:
No that isn't the case @bolded.

In fact, most of the beneficiaries are non-elites. If the elites were aware of such freebies, they would have grabbed them with open hands...
Who no like better thing I myself found out one way or the other and just decided to take advantage. Some other person would have snubbed... :-

Please see the bolded and if the sense in that statement flies pass your head, then I don't know what else to say

In some cultures, the Ada(first daughter) would dance around holding the picture of the deceased. Maybe it's same in her culture

Snaagg:
Nigerians abroad, how many of you are considering relocating back to the 'motherland' once this whole pandemic/lockdown debacle is over?

If you are, state your reasons here..

Move back to do what? to live in insanity?Why would anyone living legally in a sane country want to relocate to Nigeria?

Not everyone who has left Nigeria, left for financial reasons. Some are/were quite comfortable in Nigeria. There is just this peace of mind you get living in a country where the Government cares about EVERY SINGLE LIFE in the country. A country where they do not ask you for "deposit before treatment" when you visit the hospital.

This pandemic has reset many people's brain back to factory settings. Billions of Naira was supposed to be shared amongst the Citizens to sustain them throughout this period. How many people received that money? where is the record? didn't "fire" gut the office where they claimed "proof of distribution funds" were being kept? You are asking who is considering relocating...ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU?


Everything is wrong with Nigeria, I swear. Every damn thing.

MuchAdo:
Do you want to relocate

Don't be surprised bro. Not everybody is suffering in Nigeria.

When I had my second child, I spent next to nothing all the way from conception to delivery to immunization.

And I can assure you that my wife and child got qualitative topnotch healthcare. All in this Nigeria!

.....but you haven't answered the question? Where do you stay? you don't have to answer but no need beating around the bush with fantasy statements

Months back I posted about my niece who got her visa in January a month after application. I am her sponsor.

Landing gist

Booking her a flight was hectic. The only airlines I saw that did not require a transit visa was Egypt and Ethopian. I tried Emirates but no way so I opted for Egypt. Her flight left Lagos at around 2 with a layover of just below 5 hours in Cairo. She got to Toronto in the morning.

VO; What's your name
Niece: xyz
VO: Why are you in Canada?
Niece:to study
VO: Have you paid fees
Niece: No
VO: why
Niece: due by first day of class
VO: but you should still have paid
Niece: but I have until the 1st day of class so I can still pay anytime
VO: Hmmm you are bold
Niece: thanks
VO: bank statement please
Niece: *hands him bank statement*
VO: how are you related to your sponsor
Niece: she's my aunt
VO: okay. Welcome to Canada here is your study permit

I hope this helps. I am so proud of my niece. I was supppsed to meet her in Nigeria and fly to Toronto with her but I couldn't ad planned so I prepped her over the phone.

I hope this helps someone

Stencil:
Ifeoma. I finally saw it... sigh
The emotions.
The uniform oohs and aahs in the theater
The applauses
And then it came, like the rushing of a mighty wind... The thunderous "NOOO!"
Strangers looking at each other in confusion. What just happened?
Bags of popcorn seeking solitude on the soda stained floor.
And just like that.. it was over.

I feel your pain Not my favorite of them all. Too heartbreaking

PS why the spoilers on this thread though. Let people watch first ni. Thank goodness I am not so active on NLD anymore. I just saw a comment where someone basically gave a summary of the movie. Thank God I have already watched it

chigo4u:
I read this thread thinking you’ll highlight the issues an average Nigerian immigrant wants to know that is:

Which of those countries is favorable to immigrants
Where can an immigrant settle down easily
Where will one get jobs easier to support himself
Where is an immigrant likely to earn more money
Which of them has lesser racism
Which has better security
Weather

Etc
These are what I thought you will highlight not military, economy etc. nice thread though

Now this is what I am talking about.

I have not lived in Canada(though considering it) but I have lived in Germany. I have been told that Canada is kinda similar to the country I live in, so bear in mind that my opinion of Canada might not be accurate

1. Germany was not favourable to me. As a professional, I couldn't climb up the ladder because of my skin color. I always felt caged...like I shouldn't be where I was. So I left. I am a career hustler not business hustler, so it was a struggle. But there are a lot of business minded Nigerians in Germany who are doing very well for themselves.

2. If you have the choice of Canada's skilled migration, I would strongly advise you go for it. It is so much better. There are a lot of German backpackers in Australia who are fighting not to go back to Germany. Having a PR gives one peace of mind. Canada has made that possible. There is that peace of mind of not worrying how to go from a work visa/permit to PR...what if the law changes before your time and stuff things up for you?

3. Finding a menial job was a challenge in Germany. I finally found one in a warehouse that paid sh!t money.

4. I think Canada. I had a nurse friend in Germany who moved to Canada and told me, after a few years when we reconnected, that she earned twice as much in Canada than she did in Germany. Health workers during my time were not paid well in Germany...I don't know about other fields.

5. Racism: I can only speak to Germany. The racism I experienced there was bad. I remember being on a train once and over heard two Germans talking and one of them said "Ich hasse diese Schwartzen" (I hate these blacks). I have never experienced that kind of racism anywhere else. I have friends in Canada who are managers/supervisors in their various fields. Things are mostly done by merit in Canada...I think. I don't know how many years a black man can work in Germany before being made Manager over them Germans

6. Security: I can't answer that one...but from the news and as long as Angela Merkel continues to let all them insane immigrants in, Germany is in trouble....but recently a colleague who has Canadian PR, recently returned from a trip and told me that there is so much violence in Canada that we on the other side of the world do not get hear about. She said there was always one stabbing or the other in Canada...don't know how true that is

7. Weather: Germany has the better weather most definitely

I will never live in Germany again...It did not work for me but hey it might work for you

All in all..... it is important we all migrate legally

Ijebuboy525:
Hi, I sent you a DM

Hi, I don't do DMs or emails......because I don't remember my password

Stevenssen:
Where in Australia do you live? Australia is a very beautiful country

It is a beautiful country

mcobex:
Yes she can switch courses but will have to contact her school for it(upon arrival)

Thank you. That's the plan

She would need to go to her first school, withdraw and then travel to the preferred school.

I was just wondering if anyone here has done same

@Ifeoma77

Your PPR email will be sent to you soon. Whether devil likes it or not

I beg una has anyone successfully changed course upon arrival to Canada?

My Niece wants to change from Environmental science to Nursing

I am good with Number 10

Emmyirab:
Yes, if the passport is submitted at the same place where biometrics was done, then its free. If not, I think you'll have to pay 13k or there about

Yea, I thought as much. Thanks. She submitted her passport and has been told it's ready for collection

princekins:
Wow this a great one. Congrats. You reside in Canada?

No. I live in Australia. She has cousins(of same/similar age) in Canada and that's why she chose Canada. "Me", I am too old to be her friend

Frankrobbn1:
This is a clear example that there is no blueprint for this Canada visa thingy. All one needs is to do their best and seek for God's favour to locate their application at the processing visa office. Congratulations to your niece.

You are correct.

Thanks will let her know about the congratulatory message

@all

Is there a passport processing fee involved in submission of passport at vfs office? Apologies if this question has already been answered. I read somewhere on the vfs website that if passport is submitted at same place where biometrics was done, the applicant would not pay transmission fees

mcobex:
Yeah, sometimes "less is more". CIC don't scrutinize applications from outside Nigeria (or countries whose economy is doing well) like they do to those from Nigeria. CIC sees almost every applicant applying from Nigeria as someone trying to run away from the country. There use to be a time when once an applicant from Nigeria pays his/her tuition fee is guaranteed TRV but now paying tuition fee doesn't guarantee TRV. Even some people with full scholarship get. delayer due to fund(you can imagine).
May God see our country (Nigeria ) through

You are right though. God help Nigeria. My prayer is that everyone will one day experience a working system.

What I meant by less is more is, sometimes the more information we give, the more they scrutinize. I know people have been denied visas citing lack of sufficient funds as a reason, people with 100million in their account have also been refused visa, no one size fits all. I thought about getting a statement of all my accounts but thought against it. I personally(my opinion)wouldn't use an acct with say 100 million or even 50 million in it to apply for a student visa. If I was a VO I would say to myself "this person is trying too hard" Again, that's just me ooo.

By the way my niece is in Nigeria.

princekins:
Congrats to her...Twas so FAST. Pls I will like to find out based on the hint some persons have been dropping.

1. How was she related to her sponsor

2. Did she pay sch commitment fee?

3. Did the sponsor have not less than 20million in his/her account for her living expenses?

Thanks

Hi,

1. I am her sponsor. She is my niece
2. She paid nothing. Not a cent. Hang on, I think we only paid application fee(100CAD or so) for the course but no fees no nothing
3. One thing I have learned in my years in obodo oyibo is sometimes less is more. I only showed proof of 1 yr tuition/ living expenses as per their requirement. To answer your question, her one year living expenses/tutition e.t.c is about 6.5 million Naira. I had that amount in one of my accounts so I used that account. I did not provide statements of all my bank accounts. Just the one

I printed out bank statement online and submitted. No bank stamp on the statement just regular online statement

042viber12:
Congratulations...super fast..wat course is she going for and is it a masters or PGD?

Thank you.

Undergraduate in Environmental science but she wants to change to nursing. She is just 17

Yes it was super fast. She is elated

So I applied for my niece and I thought I should share her timeline here

Online application

Aor: December 7 2018
Biometrics request: December 7 2018
Biometrics completed: december 11 2018
January 21: request for deferral letter.
January 24: submitted deferral letter(deferred to September 2019)
January 31: biometrics validity correspondence letter
February 1st: PPR(dated 31st January)
VO: Kenya

EfemenaXY:
Madam come here jor



Missed you loads

My sugar bunny. I miss you more. How are you and yours

@sistaj

Maybe you should step aside and let someone else try-do you have friends or relatives that can try? I don't know how it works over there, so just asking. Sometimes when people hit road block like this,they need to take a step back and let someone else try(in that person's own way) and see if they can get good result.

You are thinking of staying at a shelter. You need to let someone else try this house hunt of a thing. You don't have to control everything

I wish you God's favour

bomasek:
I no fit leave 500k job go abroad,to go do wetin?

kemicalreaction:
I swear bro

Shallow minds.

You all think people leave Nigeria for financial reasons.

I pray all you team #500k do not fall seriously sick in Nigeria and require dialysis, radiotherapy or chemo. We will see how far 500k will go towards your treatment plus your other bills

Ndi iberibe

ShininLite:
I present to you a receipe that would put to bed all arguments about roles in the family,divorce, discrimination against sexual orientation and domestic violence. This is a receipe from the greatest wisdom book ever written. Here we go...

Love endures long and is patient and kind;
Love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy,
Love is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily.
Love is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride);
Love is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly.
Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way,
Love is not self-seeking;
Love is not touchy or fretful or resentful;
Love takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong].
Love does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.
Love bears up under anything and everything that comes,
Love is ever ready to believe the best of every person,
Love endures everything [without weakening].
Love never fails!

Happy Holidays! Happy New year in advance!

Advise to both men and women. If marriage isnt working out, find a way out. You are not a loser, a failure or disappointment.

I remember my late dad used to pray for his girls to marry men that will a). Not fight to tame their star, b) not make them feel that being strong is a crime c) that will "give" them so much freedom. Never understood what he meant by freedom until years (almost a decade) later.

There is this kind of freedom you will have in a relationship ehn, people who do not understand will think you used one juju or the other. Freedom to make some decisions without even consulting your other half(strange I know) because he or she trusts you to make the right one....if you made the wrong decision, they laugh and joke about it and encourage you to make the right one next time. Let your partner be your biggest cheerleader.


My dear women, please find yourself feminist

Back to topic biko

BTW I am on this thread because I have two family members moving to Canada soon


Enjoy the below video on marriage/relationship


https://www.facebook.com/1396991720561689/posts/2172859169641603/

Ifeoma77:
There's a recent trend - especially with June and July aor - where the application is transferred to CIO after it's been approved by OVO.
On CanadaVisa forum, I've read of cases where people proactively emailed their LVO and triggered the PPR mail. The first guy emailed NDVO asking about the status of his application, he got PPR in a couple of hours.
The second guy emailed the LVO in Brazil telling them to that he thinks he may have mistakenly deleted the PPR mail they sent him PPR the next day.
So if you know that your application has been approved and gathering dust in CIO, try sending a mail to AVO. It might work ....or not.
There's no harm in trying

Is the second guy Nigerian? the sense is too much

^^^^ Onye ara

armyofone:
Merry Christmas / Happy Holiday to you KanwuliaExtra, Jenny, Sagamite, EfemenaXY, Ifyalways and everyone!

Happy holidayssss

KanwuliaExtra:
Hello darling sis!
Happy holidays.
One love always.
I dey bed dey chill o.
No outing. Netflix from dusk to dawn.

You sure say no be the same mama born us . Na Netflix matter for Christmas oo

Happy holidays Kanwuliwuli

TheCongo2:
Hey Jenny, nice to see you back on Nairaland. How is Australia,?

Sorry for the loss of your father

TheCongo I am well. How are you? oh how the great family section have fallen. I remember those naughty threads with your professional and expert opinion.

SkyWalk12:
People only want you to sin the way they are sinning. You own must not be different. Very very narrow minded and a first world country like Canada is not for them.

Exactly.....the irony though when it is a Christian claiming holy holy. As long as you are committing one sin or the other, you have no right to point fingers at people. I work with people who identify as LGBTQIA. Some of these people have opened their doors for me to enter their country. I stopped talking to one muslim woman who was invited(by another christian family) to our church's end of year and she was there talking about how being gay is a sin and the 14years sentence in Nigeria. Her husband couldn't get funding so they had to leave the country. Good riddance. Now they are fighting to come back. Stay in Naija and practice Sharia biko

I really do not care about anyone's sexuality as long as they are not hurting anyone. Imagine someone living with a boyfriend and talking about how being gay is a sin. Living with a person you are not married to or fornicating isn't a sin? since na you practice christianity pass

If I owned a company tomorrow, and a gay person applied for a job and interviewed very well better than an heterosexual person, be rest assured I am offering the former the job. Make them carry me go Mountain of fire for deliverance if them wish .

Sagamite:
AHHHH, Jenny!

The sugar in my garri!

The meat in my pie!

The shawa in my ikokore!

The generator in my Sagamu house!

Na you so?

BusyBody don fashi me since I took her to a party in Ekiti and she was shaking her ass and Fayose's ADC came to take her number.

Now she is driving a Rolls Royce for London, she no dey into poverty anymore.

Lets see if she will not run back to me now Fayose has lost election and would soon hand over.

Oloshi

Zutlin:
As a soon-to-be Canadian, I 100% support this. Infact, the test should have same importance level as IELTS. The one I just can't comprehend is an individual with a strong hate for LGBTs applying for PR. How can you clamour to live amongst people whose values you strongly detest? Whatever happened to remaining in 'holy' Nigeria and making heaven?

The exact same thing I told a Kenyan colleague last month. So anti LGBTQIA. I advised her to go back to Kenya and practice holiness with the rest of her holy Kenyans.

I will never get it. Leave the damn country. Many Africans have asked me why I have "forgotten" my values because I refuse to join "teamholierthanthou". So shallow minded. I swear I learn more when I am not surrounded by my own people. The stupid Kenyan girl was busy preaching holiness meanwhile she is shacking up with a man that hasn't paid her bride price. I asked her how she was better than them in the eyes of God. It's annoying because it is the so called Christians that are anti LGBTQIA but are busy "commiting" their own "small" sin left right and centre.

You live in their country. Accept them or GTFO of their country

Hypocrites

Sagamite:
Who be this?

Sagalicious Sagamilo . What have you done to your second wife Busybody?